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View Poll Results: Rate And Discuss Portishead : Third
Excellent	14	30.43%
Very Good	14	30.43%
Good	10	21.74%
Average	4	8.70%
Poor	4	8.70%
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jackhammer Portishead : Third 03-20-2008, 01:41 PM

jackhammer If you are expecting the... 04-07-2008, 04:23 PM

mr dave HOLY CRAP THEY ACTUALLY... 04-07-2008, 04:32 PM

jackhammer No. it's not out for three... 04-07-2008, 04:35 PM

Rainard Jalen naughty naughty, boyz 04-07-2008, 04:53 PM

jackhammer It is common knowlege, even... 04-07-2008, 04:56 PM

Molecules i heard a brilliant song on... 04-24-2008, 03:08 PM

Piss Me Off Finally got round to... 04-26-2008, 01:40 PM

jackhammer Although nowhere near as good... 04-26-2008, 01:55 PM

mr dave i finally got to listen to it... 04-26-2008, 06:59 PM

Dr_Rez Agreed. I dont get what the... 09-10-2008, 03:53 PM

Rainard Jalen Which genre? This album is... 11-29-2008, 02:24 PM

jocanaro It's like there was no time... 05-23-2008, 04:34 PM

Roygbiv I hated this album. I loved... 11-28-2008, 08:19 PM

Roygbiv It may be a different genre,... 11-29-2008, 03:01 PM

Rainard Jalen Ummmm...it's in the style of... 12-03-2008, 09:43 AM

Roygbiv I'm guessing you didn't read... 12-12-2008, 01:43 PM

dirty old sod I didn't think it was that... 11-29-2008, 11:02 PM

dac I don't know why it took me... 03-08-2009, 01:37 PM

jackhammer Maybe because it's out of... 03-08-2009, 02:11 PM

dac I've been trying, my... 03-08-2009, 05:34 PM

simplephysics I still can't get into this... 03-09-2009, 06:02 AM

JJJ567 It's quite excellent. It's... 03-09-2009, 01:56 PM

LoathsomePete I just listened to it through... 03-12-2009, 12:27 AM

This Music Sucks It's dark and it's eery, but... 03-17-2009, 12:16 PM

Neil Loots Not exactly the most inviting... 03-27-2009, 04:08 PM

Sneer The song vs song thread... 05-12-2009, 05:28 PM

jackhammer Could not have said it better... 05-12-2009, 05:33 PM

dac If only they had left out... 05-12-2009, 06:36 PM

Sneer It's a tad out of place,... 05-12-2009, 06:44 PM

dac Out of place is saying it... 05-12-2009, 06:57 PM

Sneer So its abhorrent (wrong word... 05-12-2009, 07:03 PM

Brad Stengel Really? Deep Water is... 05-12-2009, 09:21 PM

dac It's just me nitpicking, but... 05-12-2009, 11:46 PM

Freebird This is actually the first... 06-11-2009, 10:08 PM

Sneer In hindsight this is probably... 12-10-2009, 01:55 PM

dac Glad to see you've come... 12-12-2009, 10:24 PM

clutnuckle I still prefer Dummy, but... 12-12-2009, 11:10 PM

09-10-2008, 03:53 PM

#11 (permalink)

Dr_Rez

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mr dave

i finally got to listen to it today and frankly i think it's a mess. it sounded like no one knew what was going on until the last track. nothing seemed to be working together, overall it sounded forced to me - like a contractual obligation.

what i really don't get is gibbons' vocals. she's capable of doing more than that trademark whisper. she proves it on the live in NY disc. the band obviously took some departures so why didn't she? if anything it's the fact that she stills sings EVERY song like it's the mid 90s that makes me dislike what i heard the most.

Agreed. I dont get what the deal is with this band. Frankly i find this album ad. Not that there other stuff is any good though. There so much more music of this genre that surpasses this.

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